U.S. National Weekly Rice Summary

LITTLE ROCK - Mar 28/11 - SNS -- The latest weekly rice market summary for the United States was released by the USDA today.

                       National Weekly Rice Summary
                 (Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas-California)

   Domestic shipment: Offers, fob mills, milled rice, spot prices, dollars per
cwt, bagged. (All milled rice grade No 2 not to exceed 4 percent brokens, except
California grade No 1. All second heads grade No 4 or better, second head and
brewers are bulk.) Rough rice per cwt FOB farm for grade 2, milling 55/70.

                  Arkansas         Texas       Louisiana      California
MILLED RICE
Long grain      25.00-27.00     24.00-30.00    25.00-25.50
Medium grain    32.00-37.50                    32.00-37.50    38.00-42.00
Short grain                                                     No quote
Parboiled       30.50-35.00     29.00-38.00          40.00
Second heads          15.00           15.00    15.00-16.00    16.50-17.50
Brewers         12.00-13.50     13.00-13.50    12.00-13.50          13.50

ROUGH RICE
Long grain               NA              NA           11.52            NA

Feed by-products (spot prices, dollars per short ton, fob mills).

Rice bran      100.00-145.00         120.00         105.00  130.00-135.00
Rice millfeed          55.00    50.00-55.00       no quote
Rice hulls       15.00-20.00       no quote       no quote          10.00

                             Domestic Situation

   Domestic milled rice price quotes were steady to lower this week in the south
and steady in California. By-products were steady to lower in the south and
steady in California. Louisiana rough rice was steady.

   In the south, long grain rice price quotes were steady to instances 2.00
lower, quoted mostly at 24.00-27.00; medium grain prices were steady, quoted
mostly at 32.00-37.50; parboiled quotes were steady to instances 2.00 lower,
quoted mostly at 29.00-32.00; second heads were steady, quoted mostly at 15.00;
brewers were steady, quoted mostly at 12.00-13.00. Rice by-products: Offers for
rice bran were steady to 30.00 lower, mostly steady to 5.00 lower; millfeed was
steady to 10.00 lower; hulls were steady. Louisiana rough rice was steady.

   In California, medium grain milled rice prices were steady; Short grain
milled rice was in very short supply for spot sales, not enough new sales to
quote a market; second heads were steady; brewers were steady. Rice bran was
steady; hulls were steady.

Source:   USDA- AR Coop Ext Service, Little Rock, AR